The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Ecclesiastes 11:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He who observes the wind will not sow; and he who regards the clouds will not reap. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. American Standard Version (1901) He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Common English Bible Those who watch the wind blow will never sow, and those who observe the clouds will never reap. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever heeds the wind will not sow. And whoever considers the clouds will never reap. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that observeth the wind, shall not sow: and he that considereth the clouds, shall never reap. |
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it.
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.
As you do not know how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.